Best in class: Gifts for the home

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Luxuriate in the deeply cushioning upholstery of this high-back Febo chair, B&B Italia, €3,160 and round Pathos painted frame dining table, €2,735, Maxalto, seen here in the surroundings of the Palazzo Papadopoli, a 16th-century property on Venice’s Grand Canal, that is now the Aman Canal Grande Hotel, and where George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin were married. The furniture is available through Mimina. minimahome.com

Add some jazz-age polish to the seasonal question you ask guests, ‘What are you having?’, and wheel in this chrome-finished bar cart for cocktails. On the Manhattan drinks trolley, €890, by Neptune, is a Mayfair cocktail shaker, €31, and a selection of Mayfair highball, low ball and cocktail glass sets priced from €31. The Madeleine elbow chair, upholstered in Isla Finch fabric, costs €520. neptune.com

Why must I be a crustacean in love? This is the host or hostess gift to accompany any invite to Christmas dinner. The multi-tool crab, €20, looks animated even when not in use and offers a mini scissors, bottle opener, screwdrivers, a rope saw and a mini knife. For shellfish tools Sweeney O’Rourke sells seafood picks, €4.85 for a set of four, and lobster crackers, €4.85 each. shop.designist.ie sweeneyorourke.com

Carved from a single piece of marble the Selby console, about €6,100, will lend an almost sculptural mood to a lounge or hall. A pair of Racetrack mirrors, about €2,910 each, hang above while Laurel chairs, about €7,130 each, flank the furniture. Kelly Weastler is definitely a dog person and has a whole page on her site devoted to gifts for the pooch in your life including a solid bronze dog bone, about €212. kellywearstler.com

Barware is back in vogue and a decanter is a really lovely gift. You can buy classically cut Waterford crystal at the Kilkenny Shop; and Dublin dealer Martin Fennelly has a set of seven eagle decanters for €395. This Ferm Living cut glass decanter, €38, and glasses with gold rim, €10 each, are available at Nordic Elements, open Thursdays to Saturdays until December 17th at St Mary’s, 54 Booterstown Avenue, Dublin NordicElements.com

Sat Dec 10 2016 - 06:00

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